Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...policy, charged Kennedy in a full-dress speech, has proved a dismal flop, with the U.S. standing by, the costly Algerian war has dragged on and on, weakening France, dimming French prospects of salvaging some economic links with North Africa out of the wreckage of empire, and enfeebling the NATO defense against Communism by tying down 400,000 French troops. Worst of all, the U.S.'s "retreat from the principles of independence and anticolonialism" has damaged "our standing in the eyes of the free world, our leadership in the fight to keep that world free...
...Named retiring Under Secretary of the Treasury W. Randolph Burgess, 68, of Queenstown, Md. to be permanent U.S. representative on the NATO Council with the rank of ambassador, replacing George W. Perkins, resigned. ¶Ordered, while weekending at Gettysburg, that the hurricane-blasted areas of Louisiana and Texas (see below) be made eligible for emergency financial aid from his $10 million disaster fund...
...general agreement for a cutoff of nuclear-weapon production (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). There were still disagreements among the allies about some other aspects of the U.S. plan. The British would like to see the cutoff date put off until they can build up their stockpile of bombs. Some NATO countries-France, Belgium, The Netherlands and West Germany-are none too happy over being included in the trial aerial-inspection zone. At week's end Stassen flew over to Paris to confer with NATO's council...
...hooky-players soon assume the stature of resistance heroes to the French school kids who improbably help speed them on their way. On their trail, Kelly and Barbara feud continuously over whose child is the culpable genius of the escape. At one point the young refugees, trapped amidst some NATO ground maneuvers, totally thwart the efforts of a pushbutton general (hammishly caricatured by Michael Redgrave) to pinpoint them, even outwit his dread Operation Meatloaf ("Not intended for use until the Red army is actually in Trafalgar Square"). Amusing except when it pleads ponderously for international understanding, The Happy Road eventually...
...specifically guarantees each G.I. the essentials of U.S. justice: the right to a fair and speedy trial, to confront hostile witnesses and subpoena friendly witnesses, to choose defense counsel (which the U.S. pays for) and to communicate at all times with U.S. Government representatives. A Senate addendum to the NATO treaty further requires the commanding officer of any G.I. in a foreign court to notify the State Department and the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives if he considers that the G.I.'s rights are in jeopardy. Even if the G.I. is convicted and imprisoned...